as far as I remember from reading elsewhere (I wasn’t alive yet) the sign was posted AFTER the pool was desegregated, at least on paper.

here’s a times article about racism at swimming pools in the U.S.

there’s also a nice story on the Backstory history podcast about swimming pools and racism. Something about black people being in the same water as whites drove whites crazy. As if the water was contaminated and that swimming in the same water would contaminate you too. Also the sexual connotations — black men being in the pool with scantily clad white women, etc. etc.

Mr Snickett says this is the shortest street in the Golden Triangle. (If the photo doesn’t appear, give me an hour to get home & use an actual computer to upload it. Tried two different ways to post it but I’m not sure either one worked.)